Bottle



(No Model.) Y J. H. HESLIN.

BOTTLE.

No. 537,344. Patented Apr. 9.1895.

TTOHNE YS.

FFCE@ 'JOHN H. HnsLrN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,344, dated April9, 189 5.

` Appncalion ined January 22,1895. serai 110.535.829. (no man.)

bottles and more especially to that class of bottles which are adaptedto contain valuable liquors or waters, and which it is desired toconstruct so that theyV cannot be rey filled and a less valuable liquorfraudulently sold in them.

The object of my invention is to produce a bottle of this characterwhich is cheap and simple, and which is constructed in such a way thatthe liquor may be readily poured from the bottle, but that the bottlecannot be refilled.

q To these ends my invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combina-` tions of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the bottle embodying myinvention; and Fig. 2 is a broken sectional plan on the line 2--2 ofFig. 1.

The bottle 10 may, so far as its body is conce1-ned, be of any usual,construction, and its neck 11 is expanded to produce a chamber 12, whilethe upper end of the neck is adapted to contain any usual stopper or beprovided with any ordinary bottle closure. Within the chamber 12 isavalve 13 in the form of a ball, having on one side a depending guide rod14 which is preferably formed integral with the valve, and this guiderod or shank extends downward into the bottle body so that it causes thevalve to center in the lower end of the neck and it also prevents thedisplacement of the Valve when the bottle is tipped bottom up.

Above the Valve 13 are balls 15 which serve to hold the valve in placeand which, striking against the upper w'all of the chamber 12 when thebottle is inverted, hold the valve so that it does not center in theVupper end of the neck and so close the same. Thus it will be seen .thatby tipping the bottle over, the balls hold the valve 13 in such a waythat it cannot close the bottle neck and the liquor runs freely out,passing between and around the balls 15.

The balls 15 are each provided on one side with a groove 16 which isadapted to tit a rib 17 on the inner side of the neck ll above thechamber 12, andthe balls, except at the points opposite the grooves, areof greater diameter than is the neck inside the said rib 17, so that theballs can pass through the upper end of the neck only when the groove 16registers with the rib 17.

When the bottle is to be used, it is tilled in the usual way, the Valve13 placed in position and the balls 15 dropped one by one into thechamber 12, each ball being arranged as it is dropped so that the groove16 will slide over the rib 17, and after the balls have been dropped toplace it is practically impossible to get the grooves to register withthe rib so as to remove the balls in order that the bottle may berefilled. When the bottle is to be emptied the liquor runs out of it inthe usual Way, passing, as above described, around the valve 13 andaround and between the balls 15, but if an attempt is made to refill thebottie the valve 13 drops back to place,the balls 15 riding on it andassisting in this action, and so it it is impossible to refill thebottle.

In the drawings I have shown three balls in the chamber 12, which I ud asuitable and convenient number, but it will be understood that a greateror less number of balls may be used without departing from the principleof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A bottle having a chambered neck with alongitudinal rib on the inner wall above the chamber, a valve held inthe chamber and adapted to drop into and close the lower portion of theneck, and a series of balls in the chamber above the valve, the balls`having grooves to register with the rib in the bottle neck,substantially as described.

2 A bottle having a neck formed with a valve chamber of greater diameterthan the mouth of the neck, said neck being provided ata point-betweenits mouth and chamber IOO with a projecti0n,'in\combinatlon with a ballhaving -a diameter fitting inthezupper part of the neck and having inone side a recess to receive the projection in the neck of the bottle,and a valve arranged under said ball substantially as set forth.

valve chamber, and a series of .balls each hav-l lingfa'diarneteradaptedto fit. the internal diameter of the neck and having in one sidea recess to receive the projection in the neck of the bottle, and saidballs being arranged in .the valve chamber over the valve, sub- 3. Abottle having a neckprovided with a stantiallyassetforth. valve chamberot' greater diameter than the month of the neck, said neck beingprovided at a point between its mouth and chamber with a projection, avalve arranged in 'the JOHN H. HESLIN. yVitnesses:

WILLIAM J. ORR, DIETRICH NEIBUHR.

